[House  Biix,  ^lo.  113 — Secret.] 

HOUSE  OF  KEPRESENTATIVES,  February  4,  1864.- Read 
the  first  and  second  times.  February  o,  1864. — Engrossed,  read  the 
third  time,  and  passed.  A.  R.  LAMAR,   Clerk. 

SENATE,  February  G,  1S64  — Read  first  and  second  times,  con- 
sidered, and  postponed  to,  and  made  the  special  order  for,  Monday 
next,  at  12  o'clock,  and  ordered  to  bo  printed. 


A    BILL 

To  suspend  the  privilege  of  the  writ  of  Habeas  Corpus,  in  certain  casee. 

1  Skction   1 .   The  Congress  of  tfie  Confederate  States  of  America  dt 

2  enact.  That  during  the  present  invasion  of  the  Confederate 
/5  S^tatos,  the  privilege  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  shall  be 
1  suspended;  but  such  suspension  shall  apply  only  to  the  cases 
o  of  persons   arrested   or  detained   by   order   of    the   President, 

6  Secretary    of    War,    or   the   General    officer   commanding    the 

7  trane-Missiseippi  military  department.  It  is  hereby  declared 
S  that  the  purpose  of  Congress  in  the  passage  of  this  act  is 
!)  to  provide   more  effectually  for   the  public  safety,  by  the  re- 

10  straint  of  persons,  even  when  the  proof  is  not  complete,  and 

1 1  when  the    ordinary  process  of  law  is  insufficient  for  the  public 
1 3  safety,  in  the  following  cases,  and  no  other  : 

13  I.  Of  treason,  misprision  of  treason,  and  insurrection. 

14  II.  Of  conspiracies  to  overthrow  the  Government,  or  resist  the 

15  lawful  authority  of  the  Confederate  States. 


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16  111,  Of  conspiracies,  preparations  and  attempts  to  incite  ser- 

17  vile  insurrection. 

18  lY.  Of  desertions,  of  harboring  deserters,  and  of  attempts  to 

19  avoid  military  service. 

20  V.  Of  spies  and  otlier  emissaries  of  the  enemy. 

21.        YI.  Of  holding  correspondence  or  intercourse  with  the  enemy, 

32  without  necessity,  and  vrithout  the  permission  of  tlic  Confederate 

23  States. 

2-t         YII.  Of  iinlawi'ui  i mding  uith  the  enemy,  and  other  offences 

2o  against  the  laws  of  the  Confedcratie  »States,  enacted  to  promote 

20  their  success  in  the  war. 

27  YIII.  Of  conspiracies,  attempts  to  liberate  prisoners  of  war 

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28  held  by  the  Ccnfederate  States. 

20         IX.  Of  conspiracies,    attempts  and  preparations   to    aid   the 

30  enemy. 

31  X.  Of  persoji?   advising  or  inciting  others  to  resist  the  Con- 

32  federate  States,  or  to  adhere  to  the  enemy. 

1 '       Sec.  2.  The  President  shall  cause  proper  officers  to  investigate 

2  the  cases  of  all  per:^  ous  so  arrested  or  detained,  in  order  that  they 

3  may  be  discharged  if  improperly  detained,   unless  they  can  be 

4  ■  speedily  tried  in  the  due  course  of  law. 

1  Sr.c.  3.  This  act  shall  continue  in  force  for  sixty  days  after  the 

2  next  meeting  of  Congress,  and  no  longer. 


